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By JMG Le Clezio

Fiction. Asian & Asian American Studies. The French writer and Nobel Literature laureate J. M. G. Le Clézio is one of the most translated authors in the world and widely considered a living legend of French literature. He also harbors a keen interes...

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By Irene Schokker, Lauren Kies, and Rachel van den Berg

Literary Nonfiction. Asian & Asian American Studies. Language Guide. SURVIVAL KOREAN CRASH COURSE is a practical Korean language guide written by three exchange students from Leiden University in the Netherlands, which runs the only Korean Studies m...

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By Hildi Kang

Literary Nonfiction. Asian & Asian American Studies. Heavy, intricately carved tombstones are embedded in the banks of the Cheonggyecheon Stream that cuts through downtown Seoul, in the shadows of the Gwangtonggyo Bridge, echoing the story of their ...

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By Brother Anthony of Taize

Literary Nonfiction. Asian & Asian American Studies. This anthology is a compilation of Westerners' accounts of their visits to Korea, originally published in books or newspapers before the country opened its doors in the late nineteenth century. Th...

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By Seo Ryeung Ju, Saari Bin Omar, et al.

Nonfiction. Asian & Asian American Studies. Architecture. The modernization of traditional houses in each country may be understood as a process by which various aspects of culture and architecture originating from China, India, European colonial co...

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By Seo Ryeung Ju, Himasari Hanan, et al.

Nonfiction. Asian & Asian American Studies. Architecture. Southeast Asian architecture tends to be generalized under one umbrella due to the countries' common geographical, climatic, and historical context. However, Southeast Asian countries are dis...

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By Ryu Jaeyun

Literary Nonfiction. Asian & Asian American Studies. Business. A former Samsung negotiator with twenty years of experience in China shares his insights on Chinese culture as well as practical tips for doing business with the Chinese. Drawing on firs...

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By Chungsoon C. Kim

Nonfiction. Women's Studies. Parenting. "Parents are raising their children in a world that is both more complicated and more flooded with information. The cross-generational passing down of parental wisdom from one's own family and neighbors is no ...

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By Charles Usher

Literary Nonfiction. Travel Writing. Riding the subway, pulling into a new station, we've all had the thought: What if I just got off here? What's up there? SEOUL SUB-URBAN seeks to answer those questions, visiting subway stations across the Korean ...

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By Venerable Yongtah

Literary Nonfiction. Religion & Spirituality. Momentary liberation may be a matter of purifying ourselves of greed or anger by rolling around a single thought when greed and anger arise to harm the purity of our minds. Daily liberation is a matter o...

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By Br. Anthony of Taize & Susan Hwang (Translators), Jeong Ho-seung

Poetry. Translated from the Korean by Brother Anthony of Taizé and Susan Hwang. For the first time, English-language readers can access the poems of Jeong Ho-seung, who has become one of Korea's most beloved poets since his literary debut in 1973. A...

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By Br. Anthony of Taize & Susan Hwang (Translators), Jeong Ho-seung

Poetry. Translated from the Korean by Brother Anthony of Taizé and Susan Hwang. For the first time, English-language readers can access the poems of Jeong Ho-seung, who has become one of Korea's most beloved poets since his literary debut in 1973. A...

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By John Cha (Translator), Philip Onho Lee

Fiction. Translated from the Korean by John Cha. Olympic Boulevard is a full–length novel by Philip Onho Lee that depicts the joys and sorrows of Korean immigrants in the United States. The story centers on a group of Koreans who emigrated in 1981 t...